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Will a College Degree Help You Stay Employed-Probably Notby: Steve Cassidy

This is a great question: Will a college degree help you stay employed?

The fact of the matter is, those with a college degree have a lower unemployment rate than those that don't.

I define that as it sucks less!

If you want to get a college degree for a sense of accomplishment, you're not a risk taker or you want to be something that actually requires a degree, then get one.

If you want to be an MD, CPA, Engineer, Certified Financial Planner, etc. then you need a degree plus additional training, degrees, certifications and licenses. I know a lot of MD's, CPA's, CFP's, Engineers, Lawyers, etc. but I don't want to be any of those but I have hired all of them.

"Well, Steve, that's easy for you to say! You're a former EOD Tech and not an MD or a lawyer."

I did go to college in the 80's, Tennessee Tech. I studied Business Management and played football.

I don't think anything I learned in the 80's is relevant today. I don't think it was relevant then either.

After my service as Navy EOD, I became a top producer for a networking marketing company.

Here's what I like about network marketing, I stopped working it in January 2004 and I still get checks here in 2013. They don't teach you that in college.

If you're interested in working with me in network marketing, let me know, I'm looking for 2 good folks to work with.

After 3 years of network marketing, my highly educated (Now X) wife wanted me to have a title.

So I became a stockbroker and then a Financial Advisor for the world's largest private bank.

What you have to know is, I wasn't hired because of my degree. I was hired because of the books I read. These were not books that I read in college but the books I learned existed from my mentor in network marketing.

A college degree may get you hired. I'm actually scared for you if that's the case because a degree won't keep you hired. Only you can keep yourself hired.

Please keep in mind that the reason most employers ask for a degree is to justify the fact that they have a degree. I bet the guy they work for doesn't have a degree. He had a vision for what he wanted his life to be like.

My advice would be to create a way of life for yourself, making a living while pursuing your dreams.

If a degree is required for that, then do it.

Clearly understand that if your happiness is based on a job that requires a degree, I think you're nuts and you haven't really put much thought in what it is that God put you on the planet to do and accomplish.